The first house in Invoti
We were met in Parobe by some members of the Ivoti Rotary Club and taken to the City (the City of Flowers) a small one by comparison to the others we had seen - it was a settlement founded by the Germans in 1824 and later there were a considerable number of Japanese people who settled in the 20th century.
We visited a play project supported by the local Club for children of working parents - children go to chool either morning or afternoon and this project helped plug the gap. We were treated to a dnace display by some of the students and saw the facilities which were available including an indoor football pitch.
Next it was off to see the Mayor - another but a very nice lady who we met again at Rio airport who recognised us so we must have made some sort of impression.
Our next visit was to a private school which had a great orchestra who had travelled through Europe and they gave a us a rendition of their catalogue, which was excellent.
After lunch we went to a 'project' where the guys who had originally collected recycling and sold it to various merchants had set up with help from the council a cooperative where they took material and shared the profits as a salary which for them was better than their totting type activity.
We with the Environment Manager went to a nursery where trees were grown and householders could come and collect up to 5 trees a year which they planted in the city. The next visit was an incentive scheme where householders could take their recycling on a Wednesday and exchange it for plants - perhaps we could learn something.
We went to a hydroponic farm next where they grew lettuce and other plants but the owner also have a collection of exotic birds which initially he had imported but now bred.
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